Rhamnaceae
Alderleaf buckthorn
Rhamnus alnifolia
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Genus
- Rhamnus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Belarusian
- Жасцёр вольхалісты
- Chinese
- 伪欧鼠李
- English
- Alderleaf buckthorn
Synonyms
- Apetlorhamnus alnifolia (L'Hér.) Nieuwl.
- Apetlothamnus alnifolia (L'Hér.) Nieuwl.
- Endotropis alnifolia (L'Hér.) Hauenschild
- Frangula americana Mill.
- Girtanneria alnifolia (L'Hér.) Raf.
- Girtanneria franguloides Raf.
- Rhamnus alnifolia f. alnifolia
- Rhamnus franguloides Michx.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.